Green Room - Week 7 - Day 7
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therealljidol There is a poll that is opened until Friday. therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1158072.html
So if you haven't voted yet, you definitely should do that!
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A couple RL updates - Thursday night I'll be spending time with a former co-worker for the first time since I was fired. He still works there. Will it be awkward? Maybe. I'll let you know. It's not like he worked in the same department, but we used to be in the same area (my former team was moved back to the old building.... apparently when they said they "needed them near the CFO", they meant they needed ME there. :D I wish they had made that decision before they added an hour to my commute everyday... but I'm happy for the old team. Well, those who live closer to that building at least. It's not as nice, but it's far less underfoot with drama-filled as the corporate office.)
Anyway, I'll be hanging out with the former co-worker - quite possibly playing some skee-ball. There's a nearby West African restaurant, so I'm considering doing that too. Who knows though!
What has YOUR experience been with socializing with someone you worked with - at a place where things ended "in a not-ideal fashion"?
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Present job drama. Not really 'drama" as much as it is - "that was unexpected"
We had our first Support Services meeting today. Which was nice. Big group all together, played some games, they gave out some recognition awards, one of those "team bonding" experiences. Very welcoming. Nice change of pace. However - this is the "weird" part (for me at least), they started the meeting with a video... the message popped up "Please Stand for the National Anthem: and then they started playing Lady Gaga signing at the Super Bowl.
Everyone in the room stood and faced the screen and/or the flag near the screen. I've never had a job that involved standing for the National Anthem before... have you?
Not sure if this is the "our Big boss" thing (ex-military), if this is a DeSantis thing? If it's government work thing in general? Anyone ever encounter this in the wild before?
So if you haven't voted yet, you definitely should do that!
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A couple RL updates - Thursday night I'll be spending time with a former co-worker for the first time since I was fired. He still works there. Will it be awkward? Maybe. I'll let you know. It's not like he worked in the same department, but we used to be in the same area (my former team was moved back to the old building.... apparently when they said they "needed them near the CFO", they meant they needed ME there. :D I wish they had made that decision before they added an hour to my commute everyday... but I'm happy for the old team. Well, those who live closer to that building at least. It's not as nice, but it's far less underfoot with drama-filled as the corporate office.)
Anyway, I'll be hanging out with the former co-worker - quite possibly playing some skee-ball. There's a nearby West African restaurant, so I'm considering doing that too. Who knows though!
What has YOUR experience been with socializing with someone you worked with - at a place where things ended "in a not-ideal fashion"?
***
Present job drama. Not really 'drama" as much as it is - "that was unexpected"
We had our first Support Services meeting today. Which was nice. Big group all together, played some games, they gave out some recognition awards, one of those "team bonding" experiences. Very welcoming. Nice change of pace. However - this is the "weird" part (for me at least), they started the meeting with a video... the message popped up "Please Stand for the National Anthem: and then they started playing Lady Gaga signing at the Super Bowl.
Everyone in the room stood and faced the screen and/or the flag near the screen. I've never had a job that involved standing for the National Anthem before... have you?
Not sure if this is the "our Big boss" thing (ex-military), if this is a DeSantis thing? If it's government work thing in general? Anyone ever encounter this in the wild before?
